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Deltona man charged after wife stabbed 8 times

Abel Franco

Volusia County Branch Jail

MARK I. JOHNSONStaff Writer

Published: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 11:12 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 11:11 p.m.

A Deltona man faced charges Friday of attempted second-degree murder and battery after stabbing his wife eight times the night before during an argument sparked by a request he hang some curtains, a Volusia County Sheriff's Office report said.

Abel Franco, 55, was arrested Thursday night at his Sable Avenue home after deputies found his wife, Waleska Franco, 56, bleeding in the front yard of the residence.

Waleska Franco told deputies her husband had stabbed her with a steak knife and was in the backyard, the arrest report said.

She told the deputy her husband had been drinking rum and got very upset.

Waleska Franco's son, Juan Pellot-Medina, 31, told investigators he heard his mother screaming in the kitchen and went to investigate, the report said. Pellot-Medina walked in and saw his mother lying against a wall, bleeding with her husband standing over her.

When Pellot-Medina tried to call 9-1-1, Abel Franco threw a kitchen chair at him, hitting him in the stomach, the report said.

During questioning, Abel Franco told investigators he had been drinking and became upset when his wife asked him to hang some curtains. The disturbance escalated when Waleska Franco called the Sheriff's Office, the arrest report said.

That's when Abel Franco grabbed a knife and began stabbing her, according to the report.

Waleska Franco was taken by sheriff's helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where she was treated for non-life-threatening stab wounds to her chest, upper back and shoulder.

Abel Franco is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail with bail set at $11,000, records show.

<p>A Deltona man faced charges Friday of attempted second-degree murder and battery after stabbing his wife eight times the night before during an argument sparked by a request he hang some curtains, a Volusia County Sheriff's Office report said. </p><p>Abel Franco, 55, was arrested Thursday night at his Sable Avenue home after deputies found his wife, Waleska Franco, 56, bleeding in the front yard of the residence. </p><p>Waleska Franco told deputies her husband had stabbed her with a steak knife and was in the backyard, the arrest report said. </p><p>She told the deputy her husband had been drinking rum and got very upset. </p><p>Waleska Franco's son, Juan Pellot-Medina, 31, told investigators he heard his mother screaming in the kitchen and went to investigate, the report said. Pellot-Medina walked in and saw his mother lying against a wall, bleeding with her husband standing over her. </p><p>When Pellot-Medina tried to call 9-1-1, Abel Franco threw a kitchen chair at him, hitting him in the stomach, the report said. </p><p>During questioning, Abel Franco told investigators he had been drinking and became upset when his wife asked him to hang some curtains. The disturbance escalated when Waleska Franco called the Sheriff's Office, the arrest report said. </p><p>That's when Abel Franco grabbed a knife and began stabbing her, according to the report. </p><p>Waleska Franco was taken by sheriff's helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where she was treated for non-life-threatening stab wounds to her chest, upper back and shoulder.</p><p>Abel Franco is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail with bail set at $11,000, records show.</p>